Setting general connection parameters

This section describes how to configure general connection properties. For an explanation of how to configure advanced connection properties, see Setting advanced connection properties.

To add an Amazon Redshift Target to Qlik Replicate:

1. In the Qlik Replicate Console, click Manage Endpoint Connections to open the Manage Endpoints Connections dialog box.
2. In the Manage Endpoint Connections dialog box, click New Endpoint Connection.
3. In the Name field, type a name for your Amazon Redshift data warehouse [service]. This can be any name that will help to identify your Amazon Redshift database.
4. Optionally, in the Description field, type a description that helps to identify the Amazon Redshift target database.

5. Select Target as the role.

6. Select Amazon Redshift as the Type.

7. Enter the following Amazon Redshift target information:

   • Redshift cluster: Type the name of the Amazon Redshift cluster you are using.
   • Port: Type the port number for Amazon Redshift.
   • User name: Type an Amazon Redshift user name for a registered user.
   • Password: Type the password for the user entered in the User name field.
   • Database name: Type the database name or select one from the list of available Amazon Redshift data warehouse [services].

   The information for these properties is available from the account page for Amazon Web Services (AWS) with the Amazon Redshift cluster. If you do not have these values, refer to your AWS account or the Amazon Redshift System Administrator for your enterprise.

8. Enter the following Amazon S3 staging information. You may need to click the Amazon S3 staging header to see the information.

   • Bucket name: Type the name of the Amazon S3 bucket where you are copying files to.
   • Bucket region:

     The region where your bucket is located. It is recommended to leave the default (Auto-Detect) as it usually eliminates the need to select a specific region. However, due to security considerations, for some regions (for example, AWS GovCloud) you might need to explicitly select the region. If the region you require does not appear in the regions list, select Other and set the code using the regionCode internal parameter in the endpoint’s Advanced tab.

     For a list of region codes, see the Region availability section in:

     https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AmazonRDS/latest/UserGuide/Concepts.RegionsAndAvailabilityZones.html

   • Access options: Choose one of the following:

     • Key pair

       Choose this method to authenticate with your Access Key and Secret Key.

       When this option is selected, specify the following:

       • Access key: Type the access key information for Amazon S3.
       • Secret key: Type the secret key information for Amazon S3.

     • IAM Roles for EC2

       Choose this method if the machine on which Qlik Replicate is installed is configured to authenticate itself using an IAM role.

       For more information about this access option, see:

       http://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles.html

     • Security Token Service (STS)

       Choose this method to authenticate using SAML 2.0 with Active Directory Federation Services.

       When this option is selected, specify the following:

       • ADFS URL: The URL to an Active Directory Federation Services page, responsible for returning a SAML claims document to be sent over to AWS.

       • AD principal name: The principal (user) name to use when identifying against ADFS.

         The format should be: user.name@domain

       • AD principal password: The principal password to use when identifying against ADFS
       • IdP ARN: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the Active Directory issuing the SAML claims document. This is required as it enables AWS to identify the signer of the SAML document and verify its signature.
       • Role ARN: The Amazon Resource Name (ARN) of the specific role the returned credentials should be assigned.

       For more information about this access option, see:

       https://docs.aws.amazon.com/IAM/latest/UserGuide/id_roles_providers_saml.html

   • Folder: The name of the Amazon S3 folder to where you want your files to be copied.

   The information for these properties is available from your Amazon Web Services (AWS) account. If you do not have these values, refer to your AWS account or the Amazon Redshift System Administrator for your enterprise